Dallas City Council
Dallas City Council was on break again this past week, but other municipal bodies and staff were hard at work. Here’s some of what’s been going on at City Hall since our last roundup: Tolbert Secures Meeting With Saks Global City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert’s tease of a “financially beneficial” opportunity appears to have gotten…
From staff reports After years of stalled progress and community pushback, the future of the old hospital site at 2929 S. Hampton Road might finally take a turn. On Monday, the Housing and Homeless Solutions Committee directed city staff to draft a “request for interest” (RFI) document, a first step in determining whether developers have…
Pour a cup of coffee and buckle up. This year’s Dallas City Council election is going to be interesting. As Dallas faces fallout from a recently adopted comprehensive land use plan, a housing affordability crisis, and complicated matters such as parking reform and short-term rentals, there’s no shortage of real estate issues that will likely…
Twice now the City of Dallas has been shot down by the courts in its effort to prohibit short-term rental homes — like those listed on platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo — in single-family neighborhoods and it’s spent $3.5 million thus far doing so. A judge ruled Feb. 9 that the City “is mistaken” in…
A survey of more than 2,000 Dallas residents showed that infrastructure maintenance is the No. 1 priority in almost every geographic district of the city, with public safety closely following at No. 2. Traffic management, social services, and code enforcement also ranked high, and about 52% of respondents said access to affordable, quality housing should…
